A day after former Prime Minister Aznar called for a “civic and institutional” mobilization against the possible amnesty for those involved in the political crisis caused by the 2017 referendum on Catalonia’s independence, his party’s leadership announced a demonstration that would take place on the 24th in 2017. the Spanish capital. As the party with the most votes in the last elections, its leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, two days after this initiative, presents his candidacy to lead a new government to the Congress of Deputies, although he knows in advance that he will not have enough support will be successful.. The incumbent government criticized Aznar for making “calls for a coup”.
The spirit of Spain’s politicians was strengthened by the former leader of the Conservatives. During the inauguration of the annual days of reflection that take place at his foundation, Campus FAES, José María Aznar quashed the hypothesis that the Socialists would negotiate an amnesty with the Catalan independence parties in exchange for their support for the formation of a government led by Pedro Sánchez. .
For Aznar, “an operation is underway to dismantle the Constitution, destroy its legitimacy and reverse a great success story.” As such, the man who ruled between 1996 and 2004 appealed to “citizen energy, institutions and critical mass” to “prevent the project of national deconstruction.”
Aznar was influential in his electorate, but with a legacy that deeply displeases the left. He heard the answer the same day from the government spokesperson. According to Isabel Rodríguez, the statements are “incompatible with democratic and constitutional values” and “seem more like anti-democratic and coup-like behavior than is typical of a former prime minister.”
The minister went even further by recalling that it was Aznar “who lied to the Spaniards” when he attributed Al-Qaeda’s terrorist attack on the Atocha train station to ETA. “His statements have no political or even moral value.” The next day it was the PSOE spokesperson in parliament, Patxi López, who returned to the accusation, arguing that Aznar’s speech was only intended to confront and polarize citizens, so “it would be better for him to to remain silent.”
Meanwhile, the PP, through its Secretary General Cuca Gamarra, announced “a major event in Madrid so that society can participate in the rejection of any illegal instrument that Sánchez can promote to obtain a series of votes in exchange for power” . In an interview with Antena 3, Gamarra also recalled that Feijóo could be the next head of government if he accepted Carles Puigdemont’s terms, but the PP leader has “principles that he will not give up because of his desire for power.”
Source: DN
